Disc Flight Development: Avrocar 1 Progress Report Part 1 of 2
01Feb58-01May59. Aerial Avro Facility at Malton, Ontario; MS main building facade w/ Avro sign. INT engineers consulting plans - draftsmen at drawing boards. Prototype of the Avrocar, a saucer-shaped hovercraft vehicle, wheeled out of hangar; VO re capabilities of Avrocar design. Series of shots of full scale Avrocar mockup being constructed of wood - engines & fuel tanks fitted. Scale model of Avrocar being built and tested in Avro wind tunnel. 1/5 scale model of Avrocar being tested in wind tunnel at Wright Air Development Center. Full scale 20-foot segment of the peripheral nozzle and outer portion of wing being constructed and tested for propulsion and control - includes control room scenes and automatic recording equipment. Man operating a skeleton hovering Avrocar model.
16:08:33 Analog computer and oscillograph. Several shots of men working at drawing boards. Series of shots showing manufacture and assembly of first Avrocar and installation of associated equipment.
Space Age Craft. UFOs. Engineering. Wacky Inventions. Gags. Oddities. 1960s.
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Disc Flight Development: Avrocar 1 Progress Report Part 1 of 2 01Feb58-01May59. Aerial Avro Facility at Malton, Ontario; MS main building facade w/ Avro sign. INT engineers consulting plans - draftsmen at drawing boards. Prototype of the Avrocar, a saucer-shaped hovercraft vehicle, wheeled out of hangar; VO re capabilities of Avrocar design. Series of shots of full scale Avrocar mockup being constructed of wood - engines & fuel tanks fitted. Scale model of Avrocar being built and tested in Avro wind tunnel. 1/5 scale model of Avrocar being tested in wind tunnel at Wright Air Development Center. Full scale 20-foot segment of the peripheral nozzle and outer portion of wing being constructed and tested for propulsion and control - includes control room scenes and automatic recording equipment. Man operating a skeleton hovering Avrocar model. 16:08:33 Analog computer and oscillograph. Several shots of men working at drawing boards. Series of shots showing manufacture and assembly of first Avrocar and installation of associated equipment. Space Age Craft. UFOs. Engineering. Wacky Inventions. Gags. Oddities. 1960s.